Issue 66985 - Auto complete in Basic IDE
Summary: Auto complete in Basic IDE
Status: ACCEPTED
Alias: None
Product: App Dev
Classification: Unclassified
Component: api (show other issues)
Version: 3.3.0 or older (OOo)
Hardware: All All
: P3 Trivial
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: 15511 67489 76506 (view as issue list)
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Reported: 2006-07-04 09:02 UTC by avantman42
Modified: 2018-01-09 17:08 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Description avantman42 2006-07-04 09:02:54 UTC 
I would like to request an auto-complete function in the Basic IDE, similar to
that found in Delphi, VBA, etc. In these environments, the user types something, eg

ThisComponent.

and either waits, or presses a key combination like CTRL-SPACE, and is presented
with a list of possible options. Microsoft calls this Intellisense, and there
are several screenshots of it being used here:
http://www.design-drawing.com/visio/kgvbaide.htm

I think the ability to see parameters, properties/methods, etc as you are typing
a macro will make it easier to write macros, especially for power users, as
opposed to developers.
Comment 1 jsc 2006-07-04 12:45:06 UTC 
JSC -> AB: what's your opinion, i would say not possible in the near future
Comment 2 ab 2006-07-18 09:37:40 UTC 
ab->jsc: I agree. The problem here is that due to the weak (UNO related) 
typing in Basic in many situations type information is missing. -> OOo Later
Comment 3 mci 2007-04-23 14:30:02 UTC 
*** Issue 76506 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 4 mci 2007-04-23 14:30:10 UTC 
*** Issue 76506 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 5 kpalagin 2008-01-29 20:22:20 UTC 
Andreas,
do you have any plans for this issue?
Thanks a lot for your attention.
WBR,
KP.
Comment 6 cno 2008-02-03 09:16:35 UTC 
@ kpalagin: I think a better question is, to ask how realistic it is that this
can be implemented. If you look at the cause (see comment ab Jul 18 2006) IMO
it's a pretty lot of work, if doable at all.
Don't get me wrong: I would be happy if it were implemented :-)
Comment 7 ab 2008-02-04 08:43:04 UTC 
ab->kpalagin: Currently there are no plans. The main problem is still the same
(missing static type information in many situation). I don't see that the we would
get a result that justifies the effort.
Comment 8 Marcus 2017-05-20 11:27:30 UTC 
Reset assigne to the default "issues@openoffice.apache.org".
Comment 9 oooforum (fr) 2018-01-09 17:04:58 UTC 
*** Issue 67489 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 10 oooforum (fr) 2018-01-09 17:08:08 UTC 
*** Issue 15511 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***